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2024-10-29 19:42:56Stephanie bit on her lower lip. She typed a message. She deleted it. Shs typed another one. Shs deleted it again.
There were a lot of questions she wanted to ask Ryan. Is he okay? Why has he not been answering her calls for the past few days, precisely, since the incident where Anderson accused him of raping her?She had sent a lot of messages too, asking to meet him. She even sent one asking him to tell her the address of his house if that was where it would be convenient for them to meet, but so far, Ryan has never replied to those messages.He's never answered her calls.He's never replied to her messages.What the hell is happening?"Babe, are you okay?" She heard a familiar hoarse voice beside her. Even without looking, she knew it was Anderson.She glanced at him and smiled anyway. "I'm fine," she muttered.His head drew closer to her and she knew he was going to ki
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Funny how the case had not started and the lawyer was already objecting, Ryan mused."Young man, you can't just come out of nowhere and claim that we are liars without any evidence. You could get punished for defamation if you did that," the Hill family lawyer said.Many of the Hill's family nod their heads vigorously in agreement, already feeling the lawyer.The judge could not help the smile on his face. Dramas happen in the courtroom but some dramas are more interesting to watch than the others. Seems this is going to be a remarkable case in the history of his service years."Let's proceed," the judge said into the microphone.After both parties had sworn, the Hill family lawyer came forward."I'd love to ask the accused some questions," The Hill family lawyer said.Ryan stood up and went to the ballot box."Are you aware of the charges made against you?" The lawyer ask
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After Ryan left the courtroom, the only question that seemed to be on everyone's lips was "what the hell just happened?"Stephanie's mother stood up, her hands and legs trembling as she walked to the disoriented judge in the front."My Lord, this is an act of tampering with justice!" The lawyer who seemed like he had just woken up from a deep slumber shouted.The judge managed to go back to his seat, trying as much as possible not to fall on his face.He thought it was perfectly covered. He had made sure every information about what his son did was destroyed years ago. All the people that knew about the incident are long dead. Other than himself and his son, he could swear that no one knows about what happened. No one knows about Blake.Just how did Ryan find out? If Ryan... If that guy could find out about something as covered as that, that means... A bead of sweat formed on his forehead. If Ryan
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Just as she predicted, Ryan turned off the car's engine and came out."Are you out of your mind?" He asked, his voice wasn't raised. Even though she could feel that he was mad at her, his voice was still quiet. Just like her mom?"I said we have things to talk about.""I don't have anything to say to you," Ryan said."At least listen to what I have to say!" "I don't have time to listen to your ranting anymore. I did that for six years and look what it caused us? I'm being sued to court for raping you.""Exactly, Ryan. I knew you were going to misunderstand, that was why I said we needed to talk."She watched Ryan's lips curve in a smile. "Misunderstand?""Ryan, I didn't do this. I swear, I tried as much as I could to stop my family members from taking matters to this extent but they were so adamant. Don't you trust me?""Sorry, Miss; the woman
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Landon applied the last piece of plaster on Ryan's bandage and stood up properly. "I'm done," he said."Thanks," Ryan muttered."Are you sure you don't want to go to the hospital?" "I didn't lose a lot of blood, why should I tie myself to some boring bed and allow some doctors to keep making a fuss over something as little as this?" Landon wanted to tell Ryan that he did lose a lot of blood, some other person would have fallen into unconsciousness if they encountered that same accident that Ryan encountered but Landon closed his mouth. Very tight. All his life, he's never met someone as stubborn as Ryan and if Ryan says no to hospital, then it's no.Besides, the last thing he wanted to do to Ryan was to force him to go to the hospital. He was pretty sure the guy has a lot of stuff going on in his head right now."Alright," Landon said. "Since you already used a pain re
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He could hear Landon's distant coughs from the bathroom. By the time he got to the bathroom, poor Landon was vomiting like crazy. "Sorry," Ryan said.Landon washed his face. "How long will the vomiting stop?""It should be over tomorrow."Landon wanted to say something but another hysterical cough stopped him.Ryan pat Landon slowly on the back. "It will be gone soon, buddy.""Where are you going?" Landon asked, looking at Ryan dressed in black."I found the bad guy who ruined my GMC.""You should call the police..."Ryan placed a finger over his lips. "Don't try to. I can go to jail for illegal possession of ammunition." Even though it was a lie, the lie seemed to scare Landon a little. The last thing that could ever happen to Ryan was to go to jail. No prison would even dare to lock him up but he saw no reason w
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"His business card is on the table over there."Ryan took the business card from the table. He also got the number of the person who had sent the guy."Sorry, man, but I have to do this," Ryan muttered. He took out his gun from his pocket and shot the guy dead.The guy's existence is already a threat to the guy's sister and if Ryan doesn't end the guy's life, several other people will take advantage of the guy's murder incident and force him to do similar things he did to Ryan earlier today. All those will only happen if the guy will be able to recover from the injuries he sustained when Ryan dealt with him.So, Ryan concluded as he left the guy's house, it's way better for the guy to die when things are not too complicated.By the door, Ryan took the pizza box he had used in tricking the guy to come out. Back inside his car, Ryan dialed the number on the business card. There was no answer on the first ring.
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Ryan tried to examine his clothes through the glass door. Nothing looks out of place. "Hey!" The first security guy cautioned the second one but it didn't look like the second security guard was ready to listen."Of all the people who come here, how many of them have you seen wearing clothes like this?" The second guy asked."Excuse me, can you tell me where I can get the membership card?" "Sorry to tell you this, but go look for another club, we don't allow paupers here," the security guard said."Do I look like one?""Look, struggling people don't come here. Only very rich people. Besides, we don't allow payment made in installments because..."Now, Ryan was running out of time. The lawyer can be here any moment from now and that lawyer seeing him here arguing with some security guards wouldn't be a good impression.Ryan walked closer to the second security guard. He looked the guy straight in the eyes.
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"You don't expect that I would come to the den of lions without being armed, do you?" The lawyer asked, a smirk on his face.Ryan also smiled. "I love your spirit, attorney.""Don't flatter me, what do you want to talk about?" "Shall we drop the guns first?" Ryan asked."I'm afraid, no. You can drop yours but I can't drop mine because you're more advantaged here than I am. You know me but I don't know you." Ryan smiled. "The guy you want to defend in court...the one who murdered someone and you want to help him reduce his jail terms...""What about him?" "Who consulted you to help the guy?" Ryan asked.The lawyer laughed. "You think I'm going to tell you?" Ryan slowly took off his face cap. "I almost died today...""Oh... You're the one the guy hit with his trunk?" "That's right.""Well, this has nothing to do with me. I was only going to defend him in court.""M
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